Cleantechnology is a term which encompasses technology and services which address environment issues or are designed to lessen the impact of current products or services on the environment. It is a hugely important sector in its own right as well as within most other business sectors.
We have combined leading practitioners in all applicable legal practice areas across the firm, into a Cleantech Group which specialises in advising the cleantech sector itself and those sectors which are, or shortly will be, heavily impacted by cleantech. Our dedicated team of cleantech lawyers are at the leading edge of developments in the numerous UK and EU policies, laws and economic and fiscal instruments and incentives which are supporting the rise of the cleantech sector. Our lawyers cover all aspects of applicable areas such as commercial, competition, construction, consumer products, corporate, energy, environment, finance, IP, planning, procurement, real estate, tax, technology, transport, waste and water.
Visit this link for information on our latest report: Cleantech: The Impact on Key Sectors in Europe.
In relation to cleantech we advise on, for instance, the application of:
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Agriculture technologies (including GMOs)
Alternative waste management technologies including:
- anaerobic digestion
- carbon capture and storage
- energy from waste
- in-vessel composting
- landfill gas and gasification processes
- leachate treatment
- MBT
- plasma processes
- production of biofuels
- production of biomass
- recovery processes
- recycling processes
Alternative energy technologies such as:
- biofuels
- biomass
- carbon capture and storage
- CHP (including mini CHP)
- exchangers
- geothermal
- heat pumps
- nuclear
- photovoltaics
- solar thermal
- tidal
- wave
- wind
Building efficiency technologies especially in relation to:
- heating
- lighting
- materials and cooling
- water
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Consumer product technologies especially those relating to:
- batteries
- energy efficiency
- recoverability and recycling
- resources consumption
- standby
- substances
Flood adaptation, alleviation and prevention technologies
Infrastructure transmission technologies
Technologies to monitor or verify:
- consumption
- emissions
- emissions abatement
Transport technologies such as:
- emissions controls
- hybrids
- intelligent traffic systems
- plug-ins
- software controls
- telematics
Water and waste water treatment technologies including:
- desalination
- grey water
- metering
- water harvesting
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